Don’t even at me, I don’t care. This is THE BEST rom com ever made. Hands down. Ever. I will hear no other names, this is black and white. So there. Start there. If you haven’t seen the best rom com ever made, go do it now.
Again, me and Gosling, you know the drill. Obsessed. Steve Carrell, also obsessed (shout out The Office which I’ve watched I think now 27 times start to finish). And the lovely Emma Stone. Other big names in this movie as well but won’t spoil them all.
The movie is about Cal Weaver ( Steve carrell) who has kinda just fallen into the marriage trap. He married his high school sweetheart, he works a desk job, they have a nice house, kids, but the spark is gone. And he doesn’t notice it. Until his wife has an affair. This sends Cal out to an apt on his own, with no ability to meet woman, heart broken as he loves his wife and family, and to a local lounge every night to drink his sorrows away. That is until Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling) comes to his rescue. Jacob frequents this lounge all the time and leaves with he best looking woman every time. He knows how to dress, talk and walk. He sees Cal there every night, and decides, he’s going to coach him. Coach him to get his swagger back. To make his wife pay for cheating on him. Change his look, get him a hair cut and teach him to talk to woman. He takes him under his wing. Jacobs problem is he’s a major womanizer. At first Cal despises him and finds it gross. Until Cal starts to get good at it. Jacob eventually disappears in the movie and Cal is again on his own, but now much better place. Until he finds out why he has stopped hearing from Jacob.
This movie is smart and absolutely hysterical from start to finish. It has probably a top 20 scene in movie history in terms of humor in it, when all the stories collide. And one of the biggest curveballs in movie history. It is just the perfect rom com. This is an EXCELLENT FREAKING MOVIE that really is an outstanding masterpiece but have to be true to my scoring. Not many visuals in a rom com. Either way, go watch it or watch it again. That is a review.